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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Behrooz Shahidi, Novi, MI (US);
Tofiqul Islam, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Madhusudhan Deme, Novi, MI (US);
Rezaul Choudhury, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Wilson T. Ang, Inkster, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A package tray assembly of a vehicle includes a package tray panel and a Z-member. The package tray panel may be located adjacent a rear window cutout and defines a speaker cutout in a substantially central region of the panel, a first edge, and a second edge. The Z-member may be mounted to the panel adjacent the speaker cutout and spans across the panel from the first edge to the second edge, or from substantially the first edge to the second edge, to structurally reinforce the package tray panel and reduce vibration therein. The Z-member may be mounted to an under surface of the package tray panel and proximate a sunshade to reduce vibration within the sunshade resulting from activation of a speaker at least partially extending through the speaker cutout.